neverdil Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Hi all, I have a possibility of buying a Fender Jazz neck. Here are some photos: [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_1"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_1[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...6/63/1650966310[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_4"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_4[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_5"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_5[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_6"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_6[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_7"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_7[/url] What do you think about it? Is it a fake? And would it be usable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Only my opinion... The binding looks too thick when looked at from the top, the dirt on the head stock appears to go around the Fender logo, and the yellow paint doesn't fill me with confidence either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewrocket Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 deffinately a fake, you can tell the decal is just a sticker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 In the third (dodgy out of focus) pic, the binding looks to me to be painted on... quite badly. Also the dirt and grime seems to have acumulated while there were no strings on. P.S. I'm not a Fender expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdil Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Yeah, i thought so too. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='neverdil' post='1258169' date='Jun 6 2011, 10:48 AM']Yeah, i thought so too. Thanks![/quote] Couldn't you just have mindmelded with the seller and avoided getting your hopes up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdil Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='1258173' date='Jun 6 2011, 11:51 AM']Couldn't you just have mindmelded with the seller and avoided getting your hopes up? [/quote] Haha, should have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 It's a fake*. Vulcan Death Grip his ass *imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 The binding looks like a terrible mess especially at the heel joint end, and why is there what looks like smoke damage on the front of the headstock but not anywhere else, and not on the decals? I would avoid, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) Looks nothing like a Fender neck to my eyes. But you need to upload a pic of the neck end where it joins the body, there should probably be a date stamp on there. The headstock is not a Fender shape, it's is clearly wrong, looks like a Jap copy. The binding is too thick on the fretboard. The machines plates screw holes are for small plates, not full sized Fenders. The neck carve is not like any Fender I've seen, either at the heel or the headstock end. It all looks wrong to me, and it's a real mess, I wouldn't touch it for more than a fiver EDIT: I would hazard a guess it's 1980s Jap Crap. Edited June 6, 2011 by silddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beedster Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='neverdil' post='1258159' date='Jun 6 2011, 10:43 AM']Hi all, I have a possibility of buying a Fender Jazz neck. Here are some photos: What do you think about it? Is it a fake? And would it be usable?[/quote] If the seller is trying to pass it off as genuine Fender, please name and shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='neverdil' post='1258159' date='Jun 6 2011, 10:43 AM']Hi all, I have a possibility of buying a Fender Jazz neck. Here are some photos: [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_1"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_1[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...6/63/1650966310[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_4"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_4[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_5"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_5[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_6"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_6[/url] [url="http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/16/50/96/63/1650966310_7"]http://img11.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal...63/1650966310_7[/url] What do you think about it? Is it a fake? And would it be usable?[/quote] Definitely a fake, no question at all. Binding to thick, and not the same at the heel as a real fender, truss rod adjustment access at headstock, not heel. Looks horrible, if its for a self build project, and you can get it for under £30, then fine, if its being sold as a '71 to '76 then avoid like the plague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Wow - fast and definitive resolution! I obviously posted my thread in the wrong place [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139373"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139373[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Looks like someone's used it while doing an oil change on their car. I'm off to disinfect my eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Plus I reckon the block inlays look too wide at the headstock end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 It`s a Fender Jazz neck captain.........but not as we know it! Live long and prosper. Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceH Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 That 'binding' looks like tippex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyhaw Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='LawrenceH' post='1258807' date='Jun 6 2011, 07:29 PM']That 'binding' looks like tippex[/quote] Ha ha, that's what I thought! BTW the screw holes for the machine heads are in the wrong place for a 60's/70's neck - the base plates were much bigger back then so you'd expect them to be farther out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillbilly deluxe Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 It is real,its from the Stevie Wonder model,the first signature model fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 I agree with all of the above and it also looks disgusting. Unless you're getting it for a tenner don't bother, buy a nice new one made in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 The single thing that guarantees it as a fake is that Jazzes with the big TV logo like that don't have the Offset Contour Body decal out on the ball. It was dropped when that changed. Also, if headstock-end truss rod adjust, it should have the big bullet, and, of course, be a three-bolt neck. Wrong in oh so many ways. Castration should be looming large in his life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobTTD Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 [quote name='gjones' post='1258943' date='Jun 6 2011, 10:14 PM']I agree with all of the above and it also looks disgusting. Unless you're getting it for a tenner don't bother, buy a nice new one made in China.[/quote] Exactly! I might not know my Fenders well enough to tell whether it is a fake or not, but I know my basses well enough to tell that that it is a foul-looking neck in terrible condition. I have just received an excellent bass neck from Warmoth - try them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 The bed sheet looks "oryginal" but the neck has odd wear patterns on the back too, who would wear the lacquer away down near the nut and above an octave as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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